Disclaimer: Same as before.
A/N: I hope that you are enjoying this. I plan on doing a sequel, but it might take a while to finish this and start working on that one. Anyways, on with the story!
"So?" Michelle asked as she shook me awake. I dully looked into her eyes.
"What?"
"Stop playing ignorant. What is Snape teaching you? What is Harry learning? What's going on?" Jessy was bouncing up and down with excitement.
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing," was my only reply. I started to get out of bed and reached for my clothes. After I got them, I started to head towards the baths. Jessy and Michelle were trailing after me like lost puppies. "Are you going to follow me everywhere today?"
"Yes, or until you tell us something," Michelle said logically. I quickly turned around and slammed the door shut. I really wasn't in the mood. I wanted to tell them, believe me I did, but I couldn't. Thirty minutes later, I emerged and saw Jessy and Michelle still waiting. "Well..."
"You know I tell y'all everything, and if I don't there's a good reason. Well, this is one of those good reasons." I turned away and started to head towards the Great Hall. They ran up beside me and each grabbed an arm.
"That was all you had to say," Jessy said dramatically. "So, it's Saturday. What are we going to do?"
"I don't know what y'all are doing, but I'm spending my day in a dungeon." Jessy's face began to fall. "You know that I would spend the day with you..."
"We know, we know. Just do well," Michelle said, dragging Jessy away. They sat down next to Neville, on the opposite side that we normally sat on. I continued to walk towards our normal seat. Only Harry was sitting there. Looking at the down the table, I saw the Hermione and Ron had abandoned him too.
"Looks like we're all alone," I said as I sat down.
"Yeah. Hermione and Ron are upset because I can't spend the day with them. Don't get me wrong, they know that I need to do this, but they miss out on the quality time we use to have."
"I understand. Michelle and Jessy are the same way. I noticed today that ever since I came to Hogwarts, I've spent very little time with them. What's ironic is that they were sent to keep me company." I gave a little smile and Harry returned it with one of his own.
We ate breakfast in a comfortable silence. Once we had had our fill, we got up and headed to the dungeons. Snape and Dumbledore were already waiting for us. The two cauldrons were set up in the classroom. "I'm glad that you finally joined us. Today we will be working on the Avada Kedavra Curse blocker. This is the most complicated and most time consuming potion."
"How will we know that we have it right?" I asked.
"One, it will look bright red. Two, since many potions look this color once completed, we will taste it. It is taste bad and you don't feel anything, then it's not made right. The good potion will send a tingling sensation through your body.
"Now, I will leave the instructions here. I must go and so does Dumbledore." Snape then looked at me, "Make sure Mr. Potter doesn't do anything stupid." With that, Snape left the room.
"Way to go on boosting our moral," Harry said under his breath. Dumbledore let out a little chuckle. "Both of you will do just fine," he said.
"Where are y'all going?" I asked.
"Voldemort was calling for Snape and the Ministry of Magic is calling me. Don't worry and take your time." And within seconds, Dumbledore left Harry and me alone.
"Sometime I wonder if Snape does this on purpose," Harry mused aloud. Turning towards me, I asked, "What do we do now?"
"We start on the potion," I said. Getting up, we began to gather the ingredients that we needed. About four hours later, we sat stirring our potion. "I don't understand it," I cried out. "I followed everything on the board and its blue!"
"Well, at least yours in still a liquid. Mine is some yellow gunk that's stuck to the cauldron. How about we put a little bit in a vial and try again?" I gave a little nod and gathered the vials. After putting the potion in the vials, I grabbed my wand. "Scourgify." Once the cauldrons were cleaned, we started over.
Each time we did it, the potion never turned out right, and each was a different color. Purple, orange, green, and even a polka-doted potions filled vials that we left on my uncle's desk. "I don't understand," I whispered.
"I think the best thing to do is just call it a night. It's close to midnight already. We'll leave a not for your uncle and then come back tomorrow."
"I guess you're right," I said. I left a note asking what we had done wrong. I followed Harry to the door. He tried to turn the handle, but it wouldn't work. "We have a problem," he said.
I walked around him and tried to open the door. I didn't have any luck either. Taking my wand, I pointed it towards the door. "Alohomora!" The door remained locked. "What was it the Dumbledore said the other day?"
"I don't remember," Harry said. After trying different things, we finally got the door opened. Locking the door behind us, we headed to the common room. There we collapsed on the couch.
A/N: So. whatcha think? I'll have a new chapter up soon!
A/N: I hope that you are enjoying this. I plan on doing a sequel, but it might take a while to finish this and start working on that one. Anyways, on with the story!
"So?" Michelle asked as she shook me awake. I dully looked into her eyes.
"What?"
"Stop playing ignorant. What is Snape teaching you? What is Harry learning? What's going on?" Jessy was bouncing up and down with excitement.
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing," was my only reply. I started to get out of bed and reached for my clothes. After I got them, I started to head towards the baths. Jessy and Michelle were trailing after me like lost puppies. "Are you going to follow me everywhere today?"
"Yes, or until you tell us something," Michelle said logically. I quickly turned around and slammed the door shut. I really wasn't in the mood. I wanted to tell them, believe me I did, but I couldn't. Thirty minutes later, I emerged and saw Jessy and Michelle still waiting. "Well..."
"You know I tell y'all everything, and if I don't there's a good reason. Well, this is one of those good reasons." I turned away and started to head towards the Great Hall. They ran up beside me and each grabbed an arm.
"That was all you had to say," Jessy said dramatically. "So, it's Saturday. What are we going to do?"
"I don't know what y'all are doing, but I'm spending my day in a dungeon." Jessy's face began to fall. "You know that I would spend the day with you..."
"We know, we know. Just do well," Michelle said, dragging Jessy away. They sat down next to Neville, on the opposite side that we normally sat on. I continued to walk towards our normal seat. Only Harry was sitting there. Looking at the down the table, I saw the Hermione and Ron had abandoned him too.
"Looks like we're all alone," I said as I sat down.
"Yeah. Hermione and Ron are upset because I can't spend the day with them. Don't get me wrong, they know that I need to do this, but they miss out on the quality time we use to have."
"I understand. Michelle and Jessy are the same way. I noticed today that ever since I came to Hogwarts, I've spent very little time with them. What's ironic is that they were sent to keep me company." I gave a little smile and Harry returned it with one of his own.
We ate breakfast in a comfortable silence. Once we had had our fill, we got up and headed to the dungeons. Snape and Dumbledore were already waiting for us. The two cauldrons were set up in the classroom. "I'm glad that you finally joined us. Today we will be working on the Avada Kedavra Curse blocker. This is the most complicated and most time consuming potion."
"How will we know that we have it right?" I asked.
"One, it will look bright red. Two, since many potions look this color once completed, we will taste it. It is taste bad and you don't feel anything, then it's not made right. The good potion will send a tingling sensation through your body.
"Now, I will leave the instructions here. I must go and so does Dumbledore." Snape then looked at me, "Make sure Mr. Potter doesn't do anything stupid." With that, Snape left the room.
"Way to go on boosting our moral," Harry said under his breath. Dumbledore let out a little chuckle. "Both of you will do just fine," he said.
"Where are y'all going?" I asked.
"Voldemort was calling for Snape and the Ministry of Magic is calling me. Don't worry and take your time." And within seconds, Dumbledore left Harry and me alone.
"Sometime I wonder if Snape does this on purpose," Harry mused aloud. Turning towards me, I asked, "What do we do now?"
"We start on the potion," I said. Getting up, we began to gather the ingredients that we needed. About four hours later, we sat stirring our potion. "I don't understand it," I cried out. "I followed everything on the board and its blue!"
"Well, at least yours in still a liquid. Mine is some yellow gunk that's stuck to the cauldron. How about we put a little bit in a vial and try again?" I gave a little nod and gathered the vials. After putting the potion in the vials, I grabbed my wand. "Scourgify." Once the cauldrons were cleaned, we started over.
Each time we did it, the potion never turned out right, and each was a different color. Purple, orange, green, and even a polka-doted potions filled vials that we left on my uncle's desk. "I don't understand," I whispered.
"I think the best thing to do is just call it a night. It's close to midnight already. We'll leave a not for your uncle and then come back tomorrow."
"I guess you're right," I said. I left a note asking what we had done wrong. I followed Harry to the door. He tried to turn the handle, but it wouldn't work. "We have a problem," he said.
I walked around him and tried to open the door. I didn't have any luck either. Taking my wand, I pointed it towards the door. "Alohomora!" The door remained locked. "What was it the Dumbledore said the other day?"
"I don't remember," Harry said. After trying different things, we finally got the door opened. Locking the door behind us, we headed to the common room. There we collapsed on the couch.
A/N: So. whatcha think? I'll have a new chapter up soon!